Microsoft joins pre-emptive patent protection program | Microsoft

In ?n bid t? equivocate dear obvious authorised action, Microsoft h?? turn th? initial association t? pointer adult t? a crowdsourcing use th?t seeks t? find before art ?n? discharge patents th?t ?h???? n?t h??? b??n awarded.

Th? n?w Legal movement Avoidance Program comes fr?m Article One Partners, a startup th?t pays money rewards t? discoverers ?f before art. Article One pays out rewards ?f between $5,000 ?n? $50,000 t? members ?f ?t? claimed million-strong village ?f obvious researchers, ?n? ???? ?t h?? paid out some-more th?n $1.3 million ?? far.

S? far, Article One h?? operated a intrigue enabling those ?n th? receiving ?n? ?f obvious authorised movement t? crowdsource th? hunt f?r applicable before art; w?th th?t before art th? defendents ??n th?n find t? h??? th? patents life wielded opposite th?m invalidated. Th? Legal movement Avoidance Program goes a step further, proactively seeking out patents b???ht b? non-practising entities, ?n? th?n sport down before art applicable t? those patents. Non-practicing entities?better famous ?? obvious trolls??r? those companies wh? perform n? investigate ?n? m?k? n? products, b?t instead b?? patents ?n? th?n ??? th?m ?n lawsuits.

Th? Legal movement Avoidance Program ?h???? capacitate companies t? some-more simply brand poor-quality patents th?t ought n?t h??? b??n issued, ?n? ??? th? before art t? overturn those patents ?n? equivocate dear h?rt? awards.

Microsoft ?? n? w??r??r t? obvious trolls; m??t famously, th? association w?? systematic t? compensate $521 million t? Eolas ?ft?r Eolas sued Microsoft claiming th?t Internet Explorer?s ??? ?f plugins infringed ?n ?n Eolas patent. Microsoft appealed ?n? eventually entered ?nt? a allotment agreement w?th th? obvious troll, th? terms ?f wh??h ?r? n?t public. Bart Eppenauer, Chief Patent Counsel ?t Microsoft, warned th?t ?NPEs continue t? actively aim vast record companies ?n? ?ft?n w?th portfolios ?f controversial quality?, ?n? th?t th? Litgation Avoidance Program w???? ?reduce risk ?n? intensity authorised movement cost.?

Of course, th? Legal movement Avoidance Program wouldn?t h??? h????? ?n th? Eolas case?th?t obvious withstood before art challenges.

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